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Quibbles

The question nobody answered. Quibbles.

Most of us have asked a good question online and heard nothing back. The question was never the problem. We just didn't have an audience, and on most platforms an audience decides who gets answers.
That frustration is where Quibbles began. Its founder, Sodiq Yusuff, is a software engineer who noticed that good questions go unanswered unless the person asking is already popular, and that Nigerian conversations are scattered across a dozen apps. Quibbles is his attempt to put them in one place. It is a community-driven platform for Nigerians and Africans, built for honest questions, shared knowledge, and the issues that touch everyday life: careers, business, relationships, tech, education, politics and entertainment.
It is young, but it is moving. In an August update, Yusuff shared the numbers: about 3.7k users, 1,200 mobile downloads, 308 communities, 9.1k posts and 64k comments. The comments are the most telling figure. That is roughly seven replies for every post, which means people are talking to each other and not just scrolling past. He is also building in public, sharing stats as he goes and hiring a content creator and social media manager to help the platform grow.
Then there is the money. After many requests from users, Quibbles launched a Creator Program, so people can now earn from the posts and comments they contribute. I haven't seen the payout details, so I won't pretend to know them. But it changes the deal. On most platforms, your knowledge builds someone else's business. Here, the people who make the conversations valuable can share in that value.
So how do you grow and earn there? The honest answer is the old one: be useful. Choose a subject you actually know, answer the questions in it, and keep showing up. A platform this young rewards early voices. If you become the person people trust on one topic, you will be easy to find.
A newer question is where to post: in communities, or on your individual profile, a feature that was recently added. I have tried both, and communities gave me more reach. That makes sense. Communities are where the audience already lives, and they are the heart of what Quibbles was built to be. A new profile has no followers yet, so posting only there is like speaking into a quiet room. My advice is to post in communities to be seen, then let your profile become the home where your best work gathers and your name starts to mean something. As the feature matures, that balance may shift.
Quibbles is not finished, and its founder says so openly. But the idea behind it is sound: good conversations should not depend on how many followers you have.
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